SCOTTY Group

Bluebox

Advanced connectivity for ships on the high seas

The SCOTTY BlueBox offers advanced connectivity for ships on the high seas. Crews are no longer isolated, they can enjoy the benefits of live high-quality duplex audio/video combined with data exchange and personnel on shore can watch what is happening, support officers making crucial decisions, keep complicated machinery running smoothly, and help sailors stay healthy and safe.

The SCOTTY BlueBox is a hardware coder/decoder and processing unit delivering superior audio, HD video, and data over satellite. The unit supports a wide range of interfaces for applications such as telemedicine, remote maintenance & support, crew welfare, and surveillance. Because the user can select resolution and frame rate to accommodate bandwidth available, live HD video over compact satellite units is easy. Furthermore, the BlueBox has a built-in recording function, a processor for PC applications, and can stream the incoming video to any personal devices connected to the network. Now crews can make video calls to family, managers can send emails, check the Internet and corporate VPN, doctors can perform tele-medicine with specialists, the captain can even contact the coast guard and transmit clandestine surveillance video during a pirate attack! This power and flexibility make the BlueBox unique.

The BlueBox is based on two components: the SCOTTY hardware video codec and a compact processor unit. The combination enables duplex video-communication, one-way video streaming, and video recording through IP networks – all of these functions in parallel if needed. The video resolution can be from 352 x 288 pixels (CIF) to 1920 x 1080 pixels (HD Video) depending on the bandwidth available and the user settings – the user can choose between high resolution and low frames per second (fps) or lower resolution and high fps. The BlueBox is compatible to SCOTTY's airborne, stationary, and portable equipment.

Product Features

Optimized for live video at high or low bandwidths

H.323 VTC from 64 kbps to 8 Mbps

User-defined resolution versus frames per second settings

“Snap & Send” HD Snapshots

Integrated processor for data, internet, scan etc.

Designed for maritime conditions

Compatible to PC and audio/video peripherals

Customized equipment for SatCom

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Customized Solutions

Tell us your maritime application and we'll give you the comms

As a manufacturer of its own products and an integrator, SCOTTY can provide customized rack solutions with for example the SCOTTY BlueBox or ProMin, third-party devices, video processing equipment, sensors, instruments, etc. The size, specifications, and vibration, shock, and environmental classifications of the rack can be defined with the customer. Encryption, electromagnetic shielding, and other specialized features such as night-vision compatibility are all possible. The SCOTTY equipment is then either especially designed to be compatible to onboard equipment or part of a newly installed package of sensors, comms, and onboard infrastructure. This is all made possible by harmonizing the SCOTTY brand products and customized devices with third party equipment such as the cameras, radios, and SatCom, either newly installed or already being used by the customer. Furthermore, SCOTTY can supply all necessary equipment for the shore – for briefing rooms, offices, and mobile command centers.Although most SCOTTY customers have unique challenges, some examples of common applications include the ability to do scheduled video calls and to exchange personal electronic files with relatives on shore, the means to work intimately with business partners and staff while at sea, tele-medicine, remote support from experts for technical assistance to ships underway, transmission of surveillance video, and transmission of onboard security video.